……… TEST 2 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms.. ………… TEST 4 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms.. not come……… TEST 5 Put the verb
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As many as 1,500 people (1)………(kill) in Haiti after tropical storm Jean (2)………….(hit) the island nation more than a week ago, dumping heavy rains that caused deadly flooding and mudslides At the present in Haiti, relief workers (3)………….(struggle) to distribute supplies to hungry residents who (4)………(not eat) since their home (5)……… (destroy)
The northern city of Gonaives (6)……… (devastate), and residents (7)………….(wade) through streets trying to find missing loved ones and mourning the dead Mass graves (8)………….(dig) and hundreds of bodies were in the town,s hospital, turning it into a morgue Some officials have reported that as much as 80 per cent of the country (9)………(be) under water to some degree, and they expect fatalities to rise as the water (10)
.(subside)
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TEST 2
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms.
Some of the foreigners (1 live)………in Oxford here for quite a long time, but they (2 not speak)……….English very well My friend Peter, for instance, who (3.come)………from Basle, and (4.come)
.here a year ago, still (5 speak) with a strong Swiss
accent He has come here on business Although I (6 be)……….here for only three months, I (7 pick)……… up enough English to be able to correct Petter frequently but as I (8 learn)……….English at school here, I have an unfair advantage over Peter, who is a good fellow and was most helpful in showing me about London during the first weeks of my stay
TEST 3
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms.
Jose: You (1 speak)……… English very well You (2 study)
a lot of English before you came to the United States ?
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And also I (4 spend)………some time in Canada a couple of years ago I (5 pick)………… up a lot of English while I (6 live)
there
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TEST 4
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms.
It (1 be)………now 6 p.m., and Jack (2 be)………tired because
he (3 work)……… hard all day He (4 be)………… also hungry because he (5 have)………nothing to eat since breakfast His wife usually brings sandwiches at lunchtime but today for some reason she (6 not come)………
TEST 5
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms.
Tom: You (1 hear)………….the news about David?
down some steps he (5 fall) and (6
break)………his leg
TEST 6
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms
Trang 2I (1 be)……… …… in Carolina for six weeks and I,m enjoying life here very much I (2 work)………… …… .very hard since I arrived but the job is interesting and everyone (3 be)……… ……… .very kind to me When I arrived in the United States, I (4 stay)…………a few days in New York, and there something awful happened My wallet (5 steal)
While I (6 look) in a shop window on Sixth Avenue,
I felt my shoulder bag move I looked down at it and I realized that someone had opened and taken my wallet If I (7 be)… ………… more careful, it (8 not happen)……… I didn,t see the person at all but I,m trying to forget all that
TEST 7
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms
I (1 live)………in a small hotel at the moment but Bill has asked me
to share his flat with him He (2 live)………on the sixth floor of a big block It,s a bit untidy at the moment because it (3 decorate)……… but it,ll be fine We,ve arranged everything and I (4 move)………in next week I,d love a holiday because the job is really tiring and I don,t think
it,ll get any easier Some friends of mine are going on holiday soon If I (5 not have)………to work so hard I (6 go)………… with them, but it,s impossible at the moment
TEST 8
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms
My friends Paul and Ellen (1 just return)………from their holiday in Europe Before they (2 leave)……….New York, I (3 give)
them my brother
………… ,s address in Switzeland in the hope that they (4 visit)………him and his family
When I (5 go)……….to see them last Tuesday night, they (6 tell)
me they (7 enjoy) travelling around Europe and that I
(8 soon look)…………at the colour photos they had taken
TEST 9
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms
Dear Mrs Black,
for Worldwide Travel in Brighton for a year Now I would like to
…………
company in the town.
Your sincerely,
Mike L Jackson.
TEST 10
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms
Yesterday afternoon Barbara went round to John,s house, John (1 read)
.a book
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“Hello John”, said Barbara, “How are you ?”
“I (2 not feel)……… very well, actually”, John (3 reply)
………
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“I (4 have)………a pain in my chest since Monday when I (5 cough)……… , it really (6 hurt)……… It (7 not be)……… so bad if I (8 not smoke)………so much but I don,t seem to be able to stop”
TEST 11
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms
Peter (1 drive)………… towards Victoria Point when he (2 lose)
.control of his vehicle He was to meet a friend to go water skiing
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However, he (3 not have)………a good time that day
At Motorway 13, a car (4 shoot)………into his lane In order to avoid the car, Peter (5 slam)……….on the brakes He (6 be)
destined not to escape unhurt His car (7 spin) and
overturned Peter (8 hit)………his head against the steering wheel and became unconscious
TEST 12
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms
Diana (1 start)………work as a sales assistant in a department store Today, she (2 own)………a fashionable shoe shop called “Put it On” The shoes are sold at a very high price but customers continue to pour into the shop Most of the customers (3 not like)……….mass-produced local shoes
Diana has to travel abroad to buy well-made shoes of different designs In fact, she (4 go)……… on buying every now and then Next week, Diana (5 go)………… to Europe to look at the latest designs
Now that her shop (6 do)………….well, Diana (7 plan)………….to open branches of her shop in other parts of the country After that she (8 decide)
whether to extend her business to other countries in the region
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TEST 13
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms
Reginald Andrews, 29, (1 stand)………on the subway platform under 14th street, waiting for the train to take him back to his flat in Harlem
He (2 be)………… worried about being out of work He (3 be)
unemployed for a year, and he (4 owe) a lot of
money to the bank But he (5 have)………an interview that morning with Jamac Frozen Foods in Manhattan, and he hoped they (6 offer)
him a job
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TEST 14
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms
The experts (1 say)………that people (2 use)………….far more electricity during the last few cold days and there (3 be)………… further power cuts if the public (4 not economize)………more Last winter the electricity authorities (5 say)…………that more power (6 be)
available this year, but recently they (7 not be)
able to keep up with the extra demand Things (8 not improve)
unless it becomes warmer
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TEST 15
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms
It (1 snow)……… heavily when he (2 wake)…… up He (3 remember)
.that Jack (4 come) for lunch and (5 decide) to
Trang 4go down to the station to meet him in case he (6 lose)………….his way in the snowy lanes
TEST 16
Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms
Dear Barbara and Ken,
very busy recently with the new house and we (3 not
………
Love,
Maria